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I'm not even going to bother writing to the Caravan [and Motorhome] Club this time.
In this month's magazine there is a test of the C4 Cactus Ripcurl. This includes a report on the towing test which gives 0-50, 0-60, 30-50 in gear times etc. but makes no mention of what they were towing.
The "technical" (haha) summary gives the kerb weight of 1068kg and the 85% figure to a precision of 100 grams, 907.8kg. Nowhere is it mentioned that the towing limit for this car is only 825kg.
Neither is it mentioned that the towing capacity is likely to be further limited by the train weight unless the car is lightly loaded.
The purpose of this post is not really to rant but to inform anyone who might be considering the car, so I will give the full info (5 door manual diesel):
Kerbweight - 1068
Max laden weight - 1610
Max gross train weight - 2210
Braked towing limit - 825
Noseweight limit - 55
The basic payload of the car is therefore a very respectable 542kg.
If you were to tow 825kg, you would have 317kg left for passengers, luggage, and the noseweight (say 50kg). 267kg is about 2 people plus c. 100kg of luggage and equipment.
Incredibly, this car won Towcar of the Year in 2016 in the under-£20,000 category. Good luck even finding a caravan with a MPTLM of 825kg or lower, let alone one you could tow with the car loaded to anywhere near its capacity.
At the time I wrote to the CC, suggesting they should make the limitations clear - it isn't unreasonable to think people might want to go and buy a C4 Cactus, having seen their results. The reply I got, in full, was
Thank you for your email. The Citroen Cactus was the best towing vehicle in its category, despite its GTW limitations. Please note that the Peugeot 2008 was also restricted on its towing weight based on the GTW.
I wrote again, politely of course, "Can I just add, for your information, that the matching tool that might alert members to the limitations of this car will not currently help, as it is using an incorrect value for GTW (2435 rather than 2210) and the noseweight limit figure is not populated."
Having seen this month's article lauding the C4 Cactus, I checked back to the CC matching tool. The train weight is still shown as 2435 and the noseweight remains blank.
Anybody can make a mistake, but it seems not all can admit to it or put it right.
Am I being unreasonable?
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Topic: Citroen C4 Cactus
